Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Center for Sustainable Landscapes

Study Away Pittsburgh program brings sustainability learning closer to home

EnvironMentors is seeking mentors at all levels, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduates.

Faculty mentors sought for the Penn State EnvironMentors program

Students recently toured Thailand for a Maymester study course that focused on how a developing nation deals with natural disasters.

Travel course offers first-hand look at natural hazards facing Thailand

Tom Hogan at Engagement Summit

Five added to Student Engagement Network's Faculty Academy

A model rocket takes off at the Apollo 11 rocket launch event.

Penn State celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with STEM events

Mount Kilauea eastern rift zone

Careful analysis of volcano's plumbing system may give tips on pending eruptions

red, purple and orange rocks in Wyoming

Clues on how soils may respond to climate change found

First-of-its-kind graduate course tackles legal issues in additive manufacturing

Penn State Freiburg Signing Ceremony Eric Barron and Hans-Jochen Schiewer

Penn State partners with University of Freiburg on center for living materials

Fuqing Zhang

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences mourns death of Fuqing Zhang

Dairy Farm Gas Emission

Reducing farm greenhouse gas emissions may plant the seed for a cooler planet

Shawn Murdzek

Meteorology graduate student wins NSF fellowship to study tornado formation

Launching a celebration on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11

Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon

Penn State celebrates Apollo 11 moon landing with speaker and film event

Curiosity rover photographs strata at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars

Penn State researcher sees potential for ancient life on Martian surface

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In the Media

Popular Science
Saving Greenland could save the world
June 11, 2019
The New York Times
Cavity in the Thwaites Glacier concerns researchers
February 01, 2019
The Washington Post
Earth looks a lot like it did 115,000 years ago
February 06, 2019

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Other Voices

The Conversation
How wireless recharging works – and doesn’t, yet
December 17, 2018
The Conversation
Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide
December 08, 2017
The San Francisco Chronicle
Can listening to storms help us understand them?
December 04, 2017

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